Outbreak of echovirus 13 infection among Lithuanian children

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1023-1025

  Narkeviciute, Irena ^a   Vaiciuniene, D ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Children; Echovirus; EV 13; Lithuania; Meningitis; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LITHUANIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS TYPING;

ECHOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 13;

EID: 9444242679     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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